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Do you know the advantages and disadvantages of various magnetic separator equipment?

2023-12-18

Many users first understand the performance, principle, structure, appearance, etc. of magnetic separator equipment when choosing it. However, few people consider the advantages and disadvantages of magnetic separator equipment. Do you know the advantages and disadvantages of various magnetic separator equipment? Regarding the issue, today we will briefly introduce several types of magnetic separator equipment.

Because we all know that everything in the world has its own advantages and disadvantages, and the magnetic separator equipment we will talk about today is no exception. Below are some examples of magnetic separator equipment such as dry magnetic separator, wet magnetic separator, high-strength magnetic separator, and high gradient magnetic separator. The specific content is as follows:

1. Advantages and disadvantages of dry magnetic separators

Advantages: The dry magnetic separator achieves the dual advantages of high concentrate grade and high recovery rate, and its unique magnetic circuit design makes it have the advantages of high magnetic field plate strength and reasonable gradient, which is particularly beneficial for the recovery of low-grade ores.

Disadvantages: Dry magnetic separators can only sort related dry materials, especially suitable for the separation process of low-grade weak magnetic minerals. However, they cannot sort some strong magnetic minerals, which limits their scope of use. Especially suitable for material sorting in arid and water deficient areas.

2. Advantages and disadvantages of wet magnetic separators

Advantages: Wet magnetic separation machines have the advantages of deep surface magnetic field strength, large magnetic wrap angle, stable magnetic field strength, and stable and reliable transmission system, which can significantly improve the ore grinding grade.

Disadvantages: Wet magnetic separators use water to achieve mineral sorting and purification, and can only be applied to tropical and subtropical regions with abundant precipitation. Due to the abundant annual precipitation and high mineral water content in these regions, they are not suitable for dry separation operations. Such climate conditions provide good water resources for mineral water separation.

3. Advantages and disadvantages of high-strength magnetic separator

Advantages: The high-strength magnetic separator has high magnetic induction intensity and extremely high magnetic attraction, which can fully meet the sorting requirements of low-grade weakly magnetic ores.

Disadvantages: The high-strength magnetic separator is an upgraded product developed from the original dry magnetic separator by improving the magnetic field strength and magnetic block arrangement. It can only be used for the sorting process of weakly magnetic minerals and magnetic minerals in water deficient areas.

4. Advantages and disadvantages of high gradient magnetic separators

Advantages: The design of the high gradient magnetic separator adopts magnetic gathering technology to form a complex composite magnetic system, which allows for a wide range of magnetic field space around the disk and a large magnetic field gradient. Compared with other similar products, it has the advantages of high recovery rate and large processing capacity.

Disadvantages: Due to the application of mobile magnetic field technology and magnetic focusing technology in the high gradient magnetic separator, the iron powder in the production process will contain an appropriate amount of water at the edge of the converging disc. At this time, magnetic force and gravity are needed to complete the entire unloading process, which cannot be automatically completed.

The saying we often say is good, 'No one is perfect.' For magnetic separator equipment in the market, it is the same. When quoted, it means that even the best magnetic separator equipment has its advantages and disadvantages.